, _ —nT * : : , 1-V _ ■ ■ ” ' r 1 ~J!S^HHH SivUtiifiizt ,r* *lO-^ v, . it JU : '™!||^p;B'rflßATTpN. THE MERICAN VOLUNTEER, Is PUblislir.fi eviry Thursday, at Carlisle’ Po’., by JOHN B. BRATTON, 1 upon the tallowing conditions, which will be rigidiyddhoredto:.?' TERMS 0# 60BSCRIPTI0K - For.one year, in advance, $3.00 Forsix months, \nadvanee, ■ 100 subscription-taken for a less term than Six months and no discontinuance permitted until hit arrobrngea nre paid. - Twenty fiveper coni, miilitlonnl on the price of subscription will be faqulrcd of all thuse who do not pay In advbuce. . RATES Of ADVERTISING. One square, one insertion?* One square, two insertions, , . . ♦ • • •7a One • . • • • lOy Every aubienuent Ihsetitotiu P*r square, • •, • 25 A liberal discount wnnjSonaile to those who advertise by *e year, or for three or jpupioiiths. Orrica.—Th'ooMce oftne Jlmenean Volunteer \ sin the ere* jmd slory.Of James.H. Graham's new stone building, in South llannvnr street, aYdw doors south of the Court House, where ’those having,business are invited to vail. TEE VOLUNTEER John B* Bratton, Editor and Proprietor* 'OARIiISIifc, THURSDAY OCT, XI, 1840. AGENCY. B. PAIiMER, Esq., Is mir authorized apent for pro curing ailvertiaemeiits. receiving subscriptions and making collections, fur. the American Volunteer, at his office, N. W* corner of Third ami Chesnut streets, Philadelphia. IMPORTANT MURDER TRIATj. -We observe in tbe Somerset Weekly Visitor, of tho 19lh‘ ultimo, a report of the trial of Henry Bachman, fur oho ofthc most ahnatUral.and Inhuman murders, that has'ever occurred in Pennsylvania. The evi dence pbHray* olfia the rank superstition and ignor ance which yet pervades the land on the subject of WilcheS’aWd MlthcrafU The “ VValirflagerin,” or . 'Wise wtJMnni is niohtlCriti’d by tfid Witnesses daring their bkairitnalldßt atad to her divinations may in part be attributable thodiscovery ofthc fable which Isd lb. the arVelt attd Mai of Iha defendant. It wafc moat Ukely owing to (ho influence which such storibs have over the public mind, that induced the judge, the Hon. J-. S. Black, in hisbhnrge to the jliry {which by thewny is a fine specimen of judicial capacity) lb warn theni ; against a too ready credence of the son . of the defendant; quite a lad, who was tho most Im portant Witness ih (he cdufcev' The defendant had gone oUt in the woods with his Iwd kdrts, Augustus and Henry, in search of some cattle, and the young est son, Augustus, becoming.lierd, or for sortie other cause gave offence to (he father, and he struck him, hbCdrdlng to the evidence of Henry, two blows across tfie back,' which killed bird almost instantly. The father then-carried the body for some distance, and throw It In between two rocks in themduntain. The body was never, found. Tho conduct-df. the father, however; was suspicious.. lie said AiigusUia was Irfsl, but ho did not hunl.fnrfhlm as he might have done. .. Ho refused to perm.U. bla dadghtor to make any alarm; and threatened to punish her if she did so'. He mentioned to his daiighici’and.wife where ■ Augustus hud disappeared. They went to the Spot, . ahd though theHs was flHpw bh the gtoiind, they saw no tracks there except (hose of Henry and the pri aorioh (ibfllitiwfeHttt. ottlht Witnesses. (Ha same place . he had Hklhribcd to Ills daughter. To others again . he pointed out several places wholly different and narrated tlib occurrence differently. The next morn* log, afidf (lie occurrence, he told Ins daughter that . when the people gathered (here, no scotch should be commenced until' ho bamo home. He manifested groat dissatisfaction and impatience with his daugh ter, for not causing this Injunction to be strictly ad hered to. The night was cold; anti (hete was every probability (hat (he child would hb frozen ,to death before morning, yol he manifested the most stoico) indifference in tclotion to his being found. > On the other-hand there ivere some fafils wlnch seemed to be in favoiMif the defendant. . Jonns Peek slated in his evidence; Hint he Was at tiachman’s : house on Sunday just one week after the alleged (harder\Vas committed,and'told whole fortune teller In A’ddison township had said nbbul lho transaction, When sho had been consulted ahnUt it on (ho next day bul'.ono after U occurred. Sho.had said that the prisoner and his two sons were at a place whore (hero was Umber cut and chips lying about. They got Into n quarrel and the youngest boy was struck with Might not this huva been the vague, indis* tlnctand shadowy.outline of the story which Henry told on his bath, with al] the minute circumstances filled in 7 This was before Henry told his tale to any body, evtn to his mother. If (he flame story was started before Henry told It, it proves either that Henry made that story the gefm of a folso narrative, or else that somebody'Was smart enough to conjec ture how tho truth was before the natural means wore furnished for Showing anything obout it. Taking the whole evidence , together, however, there could seem to be but little doubt, if tho lad, Henry. Bachman, was to bo believed,(hat (ho defend ant df # lho murder, charged. .Yet to Bay proof that tho person said to-be Inurdoretnwos actually dead, seemed like on Infrac tion’of a fundamental rule of evidence—-loomed like an abandonment of tho proof of tho primary foot in the body of tho offence. . This difficulty I* moat Intelligently placed before the mind* of (lie jury In Iho following extract, of Judge Black’* Charge: ■ •‘The first, thing to be proved, In every criminal case, is the body of the offence—whul ia technically colled the eorpu* delicti. 1 Proof of llio body oftho offence In murder include* ’the oatabllnhment of two fact*; First—That the per. •on enid to be murdered I* actually dead. This must bo made out, cither by the direct and positive teati. mony of one or more creditable witnesses, who have seen the body after death, or by such cogent and ir« resistible presumptive evidence as totally excludes -all reasonable probability, that the parly can bn still .alive. ffscandiv—The specific cause of the death must be proved, that is it must bo shown that Iho deceased ‘was mudjdred, And this must be established so the court and jury can say, without doubt,lharhe did nutoome to his death by sell'inflio* led violence, by accident, or by natural causes, When the corput delicti is (hue mode out U is os* tabliahodi that a. murder has been done; and (hen, • wut.noi before, the Jury proceed Ip inquire, whether the guilt of.that murder attaches to the particular pyson charged with it. You are also to.recollect that these, facts (the doolh of the declined, and the cause of his death) must be proved exclusively by evidence hoorihg direct Ivon tils t poinl. Thornoral oirouimtonooo of Hie oaao oro to bo loft out of view. A || lho odd COnd „ o , qf 1|)0 _ rtl . onor oftor Iho diioppooronco of hlo oon, oil hlo con tradictory otorico, oil that ho cold to hlo doughlor and to other., murl ho thrown out of your com.idcn.llon In mailing, up your opinion an (ho body of tho of. fence., v, . (Here the Judge enforced the principle by refer ring la the mpmijrable case of Capt. Donollnn, con victed .of.the murder nf Sir Theodosius Doughlon, by dotanning him with laurel water;.end remarked lhal tho mbmofy bf no high judicial officer in mod* trU timu had bean more osniored than thal of the Judge; Who tried (his cause, for sugaring a conviction to. take place where the carpus' delicti had .been so defectively proved. v The court and jury had. both been misled by allowing the other, facts to influence theft judgment in determining the cause of the death.] The Judge then proceeded as follows t . • Thisdoclrino being of the almost .importance in the present' case, 1 will attempt to illustrate it still fbrlher> lf.U|e • prisoner had. said' on the morning before ho slatted pui to the woods with his iwo sons; that he. intended. to kill the yotingest that day —if.he had thep gon.e qnt and come back with* cut the'youngest—and if he had thbn voluntarily bon Teased that he had murdered him—these fuels (the threat obfore and the confession afterwards) would hot be sufficient to establish the death oifAu* gustus, nor would they be allowed to have any influ. encp as tending to establish It: •. ’ . It'roust be manifest to you upon<a little reflection, that the rule.which requites the ebrpus delicti to be first proved, would be abrogated by allowing it lobe proved by moral circumstances .having no direct bearing on it; dr by permitting defective proof on that point to be eupplementcdahd helped olil by milt* Ing op other elements of opinlon with it. If you could first establish by’circumstances or confessions that (he defendant was' guilty, and then argueTrom that to the body of tho offence, tho rule would be abolished. ’I * 50 In a case like ihis.the rule masl.be. adhered to with the greatest strictness. In times when it wits not regarded the most distressing cases.of unjust con victions and executions frequently occurred.. It is better that this prisoner should escape punishmeht, even if ho bo guilty, than, that a rule of law, so es sential to (ho safety of innocent moo should be vie* latcd. ' The fact that Augustus Bachmdn has totally dis appeared and never been scon or heard of since tho (he . day of the alleged murder—the testimony of Henry Bachman and that of Dr. Bflrkey, constitute all tho evidence which has been produced of the cor pus (/diets. The entire disappearance of the boy alleged (0 be murdered is a fact entitled to some weight, if.you think it more likely (hat he would be found if alive, than, if dead. The Commonwealth says Vlf Augus tus he Bill! alive why is he not found or seen?” The prisoner answers, *• If he be dead why have you not prndubed Ms body?I** 1 ** If the probabilities in the two cases be equally.or nearly cqully balanced, then theifo Is nothing in this fact (hat ought to weigh against the prlsoneK But If yoli belicVe llio (ostiftbny of Henry Bach, thin, who swears that he saw the murder committed ~saw the Head body of his brother lying l on tho ground for fiflcen minutes after the life had been bea ten out of it by the priboncr, and then carried a mile and a hplflnto tho monhtuin and thrown smong-the rocks—lf you helievelhis testimony undoubtingly the body of the offence.is sufficiently prnVud.lf you .feet that you con rely with implicit confidence on this wit ness (Ho rule of law I have laid down to you is satis* fied.” . . , IVe probabilities then of the truth or falsity of Henry Bachman's testimony are forcibly presented by tho Judge, as follows: I'The dead body is not foiind aObrWards—no Irabk of (lie parlies is discovered at tho scene of the murder, no traces of. blood are seen—for the stains of tho chips produced By Mr. Miller may not bp t . blooij— when thb rocks are examined, not onlyis'tho body not there! bill no signs that it ever was there }g visi ble, ..Jfo wieH.defi|jeH_eif<ytUq^« n t.«> In cdfrcbonilion df Henry's story In its principal fes. (lire is produced. , On (he other hahd (here are ho circumstances (o invalidate or overthrow it, The examination of .the ground: was hot made until after at|. traces of tho murder may, naturally enough,bo, supposed to have disappeared. T|io blood could hot Be seen! because there was but little of it and that was shed on (he snow and was deluted and washed away when llio snow melted without leaving any mdlk do the ground. The tracks aldo disappeared with (ho snow; Thb body ia,not found, because, according to tho theory of the prosecution, it wos removed on the night after the murder—whbn, according to Henry's testimony, ilhe prisoner whs out with the shove) and mattock from a little aftbr dark until midnight.: Tho t-latemont of Htinry Bachman l(l£Hi.Btarlds naked and iilnnc; without any confirmatory or infir mntnry circumfltanCcs to glfre it either greater i'rdnglh or mdre weakness than wtiai it derives from its own internal probability ond (ho character, de meanor a (id position Uf tho wltnossi The witness Is a (here btfy. ft may fioi be very Creditable to ollr nature, but judging from what* I have seen in courls and elsewhere, ! must say that 1 do not consider children us safe, or nearly as safe witnesses as men are. I think too (hatevery body’s experience will sustain mo in saying that tho love of trut h is one of the last of the virtues In developing, itself, except in onsefl whore the child has received a careful religion* dr moral training. VVo all know how quickly many boys will invent a lie, and how perseVoringly they will adhere to U where a strong iimllve Is presented. Ido not say that you ought to disbelieve this witness because of hi* you ih. But you ought to examine carefully the whole texture of his story, attend to every minute statement, reflect well upon his manner, and after trying his credibili ty by these tests and by every, other lost tbot may suggest itself. If you can roly Ifripllcllly his evideee, end bellovu . most Confidently that It is true, thou you wil) consider the point settled In ac cordance with that conviction. If you conclude (list Henry In entirety worthy of your belief and ihol (ho body ; oflhe offence is clear ly and satisfactorily made out by him,you may (hen proceed lo consider tho other facts given in evidence, which go lo connect the prisoner with the murder." The jury retired on Saturday evening at 9 o'clock, and returned in about two hours with a verdict of guilty of murder in th» second degree. On Tuesday morning tho prisoner, was brought into Court again, and sentence passed upon him by his Honor, Judge Black. The sentence Is within throe months of the fcxient of the law. Tho follow ing is tho sentence : Henry Bachman {—You have been convicted of what in all probability is one of the most atrocious murders ever penetrated. To break violently Into the tabernacle ofhuman life, under, any circumstan ces, even where hot blond and previous provocation ,givp the.impulse, is an offence most. foul. But the vlptjm ofyour crime was a child only nine*yours old, Whose 'innocence made it impossible that ho could have given you any just cause of resentment and whose weakness made him Incapable ofsolfdofcnoo, against your causeless anger. Noy more; he was your son, and If you had possessed one spark of any [eoltng which might become a man, you would have been willing, if occasion had required it. to peril your own life in defence of hi.. But you trempled on o.ory hum.n eentlmontj end Diet little eon whom God bed eent you, lo bo chorl.hed and promoted, found you a heerlleee manlier, who iii.leed of.liield. ing him from oilier men*. injury, cruelly beet him lo doeth with your own hando. If tide bloody deed wee done, &■ there is much reason to believe It was in vengonoe for some real or fanciful wrong, which the child bad committed against you, tho meanness of the motive Is almost equultothe atrocity, nf the crime. If it resulted from a sadden outburst of passion with* out reason which could bo satisfied by nothing short of murder, you are equally until to livo among in on. The testimony of your surviving son, shows that you killed tho deceased one by two strung blows across the back with a hooVy club] that you then carried the dead body from the place of the murder deep Into the woods, from whonpo it was afterwards moved to some hiding place still more secret. Against this ev idence, supported (hough it Is by a multitude of cor oborsllhg facts, you have opposed nothing but your naked denial. ‘ To give credit to such a denial under such circumstances, would require the charity which bellevbth all lhings. We may well doubt, Indeed, whether lbs stalement, you yourself have mads, be orach lo you than tho foarful Ulo told by tbs “OUR CQUNTR.T—MAT IT ALWAYS BE* RIGHT—BUT..jtJoHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY” CARLISLE, vPA; THURSDAY^OCTOBER 11, 1849. witnesses/ According io your own account, youi 10. her Upl and appeared to blow Him ■ kiss. The i ofl your child in the Woods to perish with cold, when latter, replied to lior by a smilo. The VouhgVlrl half an hours walk on hls track would hose certain* then drewforlh a sling, placed in It a ball, dnd with ly foUnd him. But instead of making llm* slight, wonderfal]dexlerlly, flung it over her head, and into ' | exertion yodrself, yoll refused even to pehnit it to bo tlio , qlisAber where he was silting. His-mnjosty • - i MR . B, parniuu. made bv others, j i made o sUght movemohi, ae if, for the moment over- As the mother of. her race, woman has certain >1 ho Jury wore Warned to gike to eVery paK Uf come by whrpris'e; whilst liin attendants instantly physical ftthpllbni to discndfgb in which she is neces* the case the construction,most Tufrohiblo to ybil.-s. rose ( 0 pgfk up the projectile, and present it to him. l flari, y exclusive; No’ blher can be hoi"agent, or act You were allowed the benefit of every doubt. The It was dTitile block ball made of wood, and hollow’ i to lhe Bfn “H Ci t extent in horstead. These functions , vordicl saves you from the jf allows. How muchyou that openkd by moans of a spring. On the ball wnk on g ro;M most of'.her energies—theyoocupy a consid owo this to mercy; and. how JlitMojdsllco; your con- an jnscrli&on, “ I*dr the King, An'answer expect* a W e P orl ’ on of .her life* and are of vital importance science cab.tell you as olainly as X could speak it. fed.** ' . .. [to the whole family of man. She' is expressly*de* You,will oxpjute the crime By a long term of <io)ila-{ Lotils, the Fifteenth, was neither timid nor suspl*- S net * 0) ” ,e ‘ r discharge! and her adaptation to yy confinbment; with no society but yolir tiwh reflcc bibus \ bitt still he ,did not decta it prbclehl to open ‘ l,iem * n Blrucluro is “ 8 perfect as omnipotent power tionsi’ There you'Will have, ample timo to think of the half himself; but confided that duly to one of the an< * wisdom could make iu Her malornal duties, what you. have done. .Unless your ednsdfenbo Is sear* lords of Im council. There fell from the ball a seal. }®°* ar ® °* ** peculiar and very arduous character,— ed as with ared hot .Iron,' the remembrance of your cd note, which the King instantly opened, and read. do not lequire the strength of a man, blit the murdered child will haunt you day and night. Mem* • in it these-words: .quickness, tuct, sensibility,-tenderness ami poliencbj ory will present his form to your waking (fioughl«,| ‘‘Slrci—There has. been d conspiracy - formed. whic *» in (he sucred relation of mother.— ahd his innocent f«co dabbled with.bloodas yoti sHiftr ! agdlnst yqh. Yolir life Is In danger. Admit mo to ; qualliteb her physical Structure prepares her it lust, will fohn a purl of all yolir dreoitls. . (an anoletifce; but it must 'be Morte I and ,1 will re* « exhibit;,and her strung maternal love, like a re* 1 can offur you but one consolation. . Tho mercy Venl to yqS all that I know of the conspiracy. In a dienl atmosphere, surrounds them allj and gives life ] of God is infinite, and thu merits.uf his Son wtiodied | quarter ,pf an hour it will bo too Isle. Above all a °d beauty to each. Let the mind dwell for a mo* i ftr your redemption* arfc inexhaustible. If you look ■ things'doWot tell a human being why you admit me meinl . o« the love.of a mother towards her child, and Id llial anufbe for tomforl, you m.iy not bo without to your presence. By doing so you will greatly bom*! w ® 868 ttat such un one subsists between no other hope. But in every other aspect of your most ,nn- promise; ; • j beings, Earth hath nothing more beautiful, nor can happy case, there Is hoihlilg Ibr yon here and here* .The Kfognppcorbd to Hogreatly agitated while) ,no *t«l imagination attribute to HeaVeh anything aOef but tho ‘‘blackness of despair.” rending thii letter, A Her a moment of hesitation, ’ roortholy. It is kindled into being amid mortal ; Tho sentence of this court is that you undergo an ho wrote Iri’a pencil upon a dote, these three wards, a guny and peril. lie object is the feeblest of ablma* imprisonment lir the dlate Penitenilniy for the Wosl* "I placed the paper inside the ball, and led kemgs, with no qualities to animate the mind, lib fern DfalHbl Hf Fcnn'a, in ’the county of Allegheny; threw It (Qjvayds (he young girl, ,Slie caught it. as- c “P a cily, lo ; appreciate and return the affection la* ! there to bo kept in separate and solitary confinement, it (ell.and -having road tho note, tore U into small v !?.hedUpon it, apdonty a far-off prospect of a rflving at labor for the period of eleven Years and nine pieces, sind then smiling at tho crowd that surroUn* • “* 8 Btu,e * y^ 6o * B C“' e * teijl nntf tiniiety calender montils. Thotyou pay • the costs of this ried her, rowed rapidly up the stream; between. Yet Itbiv tenderly does the mother’s heart prosecution, and bo In custody Until this sentence is In a few minutes afterwards silo presented hersblf- I' eurn <>*®r this little being! . How ltd first feeble carried into effect. nl the gate of tho palace, ahd in obedience to tiib 'i wa thrills upon her Weary ear! . Hotfr esrHbsily she 3?octtcal. SONG OP AUTUMN. I come. \ cpmo.ye may bear my Song, Prpm hill top to valley His pooling along; The leafless bough is my wild harp airing; .And loudly and long do (heir epbnes ring. Ve’may'know my path by lha golden grain. And the rainbow hues on my. bordered train; Ily the towcring.maplo's scarlet truss,' And her forest sister'* gorgeous dress. . The wild Rower bows her gentle head, As she hears afar my conquering tread, . . And the prince of (he forest dofft his crest, . As a beggar lowly to a kingty guest. V• Vo may see my power in the night walk still, • When the starlight sleeps on the mountain rill; ' Whern the ripples (hat danced the livelong day, 1 hush in their wild and careless play. And hfnd them fa«t'with a crystal chain; That n smilieain's touch might break again; While.fnlry Oust w ilh her glittering gems, Weaves me many a diadem. Oh proudly now I career along, _ And hror-acs Arc peaHnir my triumph con*, White enrih from tier earner her treasure brings. To lay. on the citrine of the Autumn king. jt,_ ttnl listent ! hear a note nfdrciKt, .• Anil I soenfar a huftry head, ’• vjrffl Amt n freest air Inuk from a piercing eye,' jHK Ware'' with a lightning speed to fly. ./ns mo with a llclitiiliig upeeJ to fly. ’Til lev cnM Wlnlcr, t know him well, I hnvn felt hufnrh his withering pjirtllj A grim old tyrant nnd.litr.tly in he. And (is Irt'ighs outright when llo'i tonquerM mb.* SKiaceUntyoug. I’He FEMALE conspirator. tib'lils, Uie Fifteenth, had just made hie entrance Inlo Slrosbollrgh, and he believed .l|ial the free and imperial city hud &l length given 1 tfprall idea of re covering its tibbrly; fie believed So {-but Strasbourg!) elill preserved its old pride, and its innate love ofln depbndedcel Ho had Jet to Iborn that it dis semble its desires, and that it was not rashly about to expose itself to tho destruction that must follow from a pgclesfi rcisjnnfcW • •. Tho Episcopal Palace which the king inhabited, had been decorated with unheard bf magnificence. Opposite the ensile they hud erected upon (he hill a magnificent triUmphul nrdh J and on the river were to be seen men and ynung gifts in ieto.drcssos, who seemed all.anxious to display tfieif dovolion, their loyalty, and their lovo Ibf the hew sovereign; It was upon (ho l?lh of October,that tho boatmen of Strasbourg!!, and all (he rest of Alsatia, cume to present the king with (lie spectacle u) a nuvul bdttlu. Arriving two by two, and in the most perfect order, (hey ranged thctnaclveenn £acliside of the river, and prepared for (ho evolutions that were to precede (|io battle. An immense, crowd parsed along the 111, and tho roofs of the' houses were covered with people. ■’ Louis ifib Flftecnlli, ciirroundcd by llie great lords of tho slate and his courtiers, took his place at a ‘window of the castle. Thu spectacle {hat was pre sented to him seemed (6 graliiy him extremely ; and the acclamation of (hb'fttoplu upon beholding him, actually drew from hls eyea tho tears of happiness. Who, to look, on llio large massive features of the Aleutians, could doubt the iincerily of their joyful cries 7 On a sudden an olm'ost Imperceptible mo4emoni was communicated to ihcorowd. AN eyes then turn ed toward*.the tipped bftd.tff ilia ritef, where (herb Wad aeen a smalt, groon; boat* or rather shitf, of (lie dlighlsdt and .In which ftiitf every young girl, dressed in white, wild deoendad llio 111 with Iho rapidity of an arrow. Her oors scarcely touched the surface of the alfoatn, and her fairylike bout hardly left a ripple on the water behind (t. The drees of Ilia young girl. Was Hint of n peasant girl ol Atsare, except (his, Unit it was a little broader, and entirely concealed tier figure* Her face was the pci* Bonification of modesty and gontlonesR { bnL when her large black eyes rcslvd.upun the crowd, it took an expression of boldness, and a daring hardihood that it would bo most difiloull to describe. The boslmen were uKtonishcd at this unexpected op* puritinn; and for a low momentstheir.allcnlion was absorbed by watching her in her downward voyage. However, as tho signal for commencing their ovolu* lions had been given, they ftnUhort,their admiration by endeavoring to arrest herein order that, by ramo* ving her from llio river, tho sports settled for thoddy might bo proceeded with. She did not ponnit them to* roach her; for sometimes avoiding, and some* limes repelling with her oars (lip boats which at tempted is impede her progress,' ahe, by unexpected good luck, was able to arrive beneath (ho.very win* dowaof tho castle. There now attempts were made to seize her{ but she by a speciesoflniracttlousaddroßa they were all unsuccessful, i Her little skiff glided like a serpent among the bouts oflioropponenla; she seemed sometimes running to meet their,shock, and then by a skillful turn, ana freed herself from the •treit in which they placed her. Sometimes even,, n boatman wsi üble-tvget so close to )ior as 4o put ohs foot in her canoe,} but the instant he did.so, the girl passed an oar under bis fool and pitched him in* to the water amid'the huzzas and laughter of the crowd. ■ ' The king was greatly amused at thislingular scene; but as ho feared ll might terminate in a disagreed* bio manner to Ilia young girl, ho made a aign to the boatmen to cobho following her; and they in obodl* onoo.to tho desire of their„ sovereign, returned to their places. The young girl then stopped her ekilF, and oa'the - current of’the river was by no means strong, she had no difficulty in making it stationary. Then, turning towards the tying, slio flung off the loose robes she wore,'and jhftealed as a butterfly when it has first burst Us olfr/salis. Her dress was a rose'colored fenle, madollIglilt(l the waist | whiles beneath word white, light pAntnlocms; a hand* kerohief was ouquetishly-fastened round her neck, loafing its two ends to float freely in tho wind ; and net; hair fell in thick fluyon ringlets upon her haifi uncovered fair shooiderp. • Tims dressed she appear* od to bo some fairy, some fantastic creation of a po J et's imagings, so full of and beauty was she. Those who looked upon her woi’o equally surprised and delighted. , 4 . Bheeaw that the King’s solely dl* footed towards her; , She hff fingers B , ..we, aim in King was instantly admitted. , At the same lime, the hall Ini which the King eat was cleared of every i’crson \ bat.os a. nutter of precaution* attendants were posted in tho neighboring chambers'. , “ Charming child I” said thb King, “ l am deeply sensible of the interest you take in my safety. Al though l-do hot fearformy person,still you must bo Conscious that an attempt upon tho life of a sover eign is alwa}9 a dfead fill brims, and must be punish ed in the'maimer the la ws have ordained for such an offence.” . ‘f Yes llrh, I am conscious of it,” replied tiio young girl: “ ahd I know also that your nohlo soul is su peridr to all common fears. Still I have thnught.il my-dnty Id Apprise ybu bf your danger, and, it pos sible, permit that ybti Should be Basely aftsaSsi* naled, Strasbourg!) toss given you a magnificent re*' ceplion; hut let yourself not be deceived by outward show. This city still tnoUrns its lost liberty, and never will you be able entlrbly to subduo that feel ing-V-i'i . ».* I Inorougly comprehend wlial yob meah} the same observation has, before now, been made to mo. But .let us come to the object of your visit, You haye spoken of a plot,** 44 Yes.! By .a singular chance I have learned the scept'f Your death hasbeen swohi to by the conspirators; and, at the Very 'moment whert you least expect it will the attempt be made. 1 * 44 Weil* well, we shall lake every precaution } but,explain yourself more fully. What is (he hour fixed upon for the commission df the crime V’ 44 Tfear, Sire, that all precautions will be use less. ?The conspirators are full of guilt, and gif ted equally with address and dissimulation/* 44 But then, if they are arrested; If'* the time does to;carry, the. plot into execution V* oani ii.o hJbnfivob, tieOt«iili.'g ; aiUU»«S , Hr|)atlbht. 44 Alas, Sire! there is no longer time. The conspirator charged vMilh delivering Strasbourg!) of its tyrant l’* The young ;giri pronounced the last word in a firm, tone of'voice. A gfance, like lightning, glared.from her eyes; and, before the King could recover from his astonishment, she hounded tow ards him, ftrmedwith a dagger, and with a sure, steady, and strong hand, struck him right on the 1 heart; but luckily for himself, Louis the fifteenth,' wore a cuirass under his purple robe. The we.ap-; on slid over tho steel, and the King, free from danger grasped the hand that still clutched the dagger. 'The.altondants that had .been posted in the ad joining chambers, instantly appeared, and laid hold of the young girl. She remained still, calm, motionless, cold ns a statue, She did not even make the slightest effort to escape. At that moment,the KingwasMnformed tlmt jhe admin istrators and sheriffs were wishing'to obtain an audience to his They were des'ired-lo appear, and it seemed that, as they proceeded lo| the presence chamber, some one had informed thorn of the attempt bn the King's life; fur, up on being admitted (he administrator thus spoke i 44 Sire, 1 am rendered most itiisernble by tills' foolish* this hoVeli this wicked Attempt to disturb the general joy; The’ guilty person'can only be a lunatic; hut still she deserves punishment.— We pray .you, however, to direct the persons present not to dpeaK onb'Word of thisi affair. -It is not pfopfer that .the Slightest doubt dliobld be oast upon the ndefiiy and loyalfty of Slrasboug towards your royal person/* Then iffe administrator, ttfrftlng to (he young ! gil; thus addressed her In German, of which lan guage he knew, the King and all his courtiers ' were igntfrafn— 44 Oer nurihin dot valtirland vird nochnudere Jiacher hahen~~{Go\ our country will have other.avengers.) . • A King's attendant asked orta of ’the sheriffs what it was the adminlstjator had sain to (he (ins oner. The latter, with nn iinporthrehle assurance replied, 44 He has told her that God will punish regicides with eternal damnation." The young | gfrl sujtlod; and then said, 44 AVn, mini Got; ttnrd aicA mUncr embarmen /” (No,| no; God wall havoimercy on me.) > She had not yet finished speaking}' wlien the guards entered to lead.her away. At the mo menlln which the King's attendants were about to give her to the soldiers, she slipped from their hands, made a bound towards the window, and disappeared. Her lovely and beaullousTrirm was raised in a minute afterwards from the ground frightfully mutilated, and a general exclamation burst from the crowd— 44 She was a lunatic 1” Upon (tie evening of the 7th of October (he wine rose, as bn .ins preceding days, from the 1 fountains erected in front of the castle, fire-works wore exhibited, ami the city was illuminated.— 'Die population appeared aa gay and as happy as before (liesad events wejmva described occurred; but Louis Hie Fifteenth, was no lunger the same. Ho was sad, sorrowful; oare sal upon his brow. There was no more joy for him; for those words — 44 Be not deceived by outward show'—still rang in his ears. DANDIBS. They are mere walking' slicks for. female flirts, ornamented with brass heads, and barely touched wflhjthe varnish of etiquette. Brass, heads'djd 1 say? .Nay their caputs are only ha]f*ripo .musk* melons with monstrous illicit rinds, nil hollow inside, containing the seed ql foolishness, swimming about with a vast Quantity of aap. Their moral garments ore a double breasted coal of vqnily, padded with the silk of self complacency; their apparel In all in keeping, and Is imported fresh front the devil’s whole sale and retail clothing establishment. Tinkered up with broad cloth, finger rings* safely ohulnsi Holt solder, vanity and impudence, they are no more gon* tlomon limn a plated spoon ‘le silver. 1 1 detest a dandy os a onl does a wot floor. There nfo dome fools In this world who, after a long inmibatlon, will hatch out from tho hot bod of pride a,sickly brood of ferity Ideas, and then go strutting along in the path of pomposity with all the Self importance ola speck* led hen with a blaok chicken* . I have un ttnlipathy to such people, • ! 1 ■ Wpi|lAN|B ADMINISTRATION. The Motherj Slsterj aildDaughter. scans its.fragile form, beautiful only to her loving eyfts! How gladly. she now denounces ilie liberty which libs hitherto been her happiness and slt£ down for many months at the side of the unconscious Hlllu being) while tier heart' thrills ftith a strange joy dii* . ring all these dujrs und nights of Vlglh Milnglotl. with puin only wiicn Suffering ails (ipou her Infant's brow, ' or death hovers over its coach, * 1 A father schemes for his owh aggrandizement.'— ■ True, he looks to transmitting his wealth and honors I lo his children when he shallMiuye enjoyed them.— {Bui with him this is a seflkidafy object. With liie .true woman it is the Alpha and Omega. Through I life, if need be, 6he will toll for'her chili), and spend j her, last ifarilling.lo promote ila comfort, though fa* mihe sits upon tier own lipa. She will pray Hasten in his befiuif, though she invoke qniy blasphemotls curses on every other being. There is no Crime she will not- forgive in Him; no disgrace she will not share* If toll the world proclaim him.a dishonored wretch, she remembers only that she bore him, ant/ opens her arms to receive him. ;fe(er most ardent hopes and ftlfhbk follow him thrdbgn life, anti hover over his pathway like o srnSle from a better world. Death alone can quench a mother’s love. The sister is anotharoftho beautiful offices which It is given to woman lo till. .If .her affection is less ardent and exclusive, than that of the mother, it is equally wide spread.;. She is the guardian spirit of her brother,thc’leucher and friend of her sisters, see. Und in both these relations to the mother alone. She obliging, persuasive. Site must acqnlte knowledge, accomplish herself, refine her (u’utiim’nte, discipline her feelings, and enrich the paternal Immo with every charm that.may bind the wavering brother there, before hia character is ri pened, and Ilia principles fixed so.as to resist tempta tion. She is the companion of (ho brother abroad. Uer ybuth enables'her loaytnpathize with him, white ’ lifer strong uffeciroflTlnd'purity should, In the absence 1 of the mother, muke.herdaughlher the representative to strengthen his integrity,to exalt his sonse of truth and honor, and by a lively but unosteiilatioua.carp preserve him from temptation. She may aid the , mother likewise, in c\illivating a love of knowledge. By mesne of her own intelligence, she may do much during the early years of the boy, to prepare him for intercourse with (lie world. She may enrich- his mind by her industry, and at the same lime preserve him in hia weakest hours from the evil lo which the world invites him. What a noble being Is a pure minded, high'Bmiled,generous and affectionate sister! Whoso heart dues not warm under her influence 7— What a beautiful opportunity does her station pre sent,lo plant with her own hand, flowers that shall ’ bud and blossom on her tomb! . As ibe daughter, woman's duty !a kind , ness and* reverence. It is not by great deeds of sa crifice and lieroism,-tHal eltb will bes'l prove her filial love und fidelity, billby the thousand tilde attentions , which in a daughter so much minister to die suber happiness of the meridian and evening of life. No voice so genlle,os hers, in (lie sfcK chamber.of the indlhef. No ear s'o Kechly open to the'wants of die aged father, 1 no step so light In his service. Sholsi the link betvVCop Ids bright morning dnd his fading twilight. While (ha son oh whom his pride taposc*, is abroad, breasting the'surges of a selfish world, the ' •daughterwhom hemvestremaihs by his side, lo bless and beautify hisquiet home. 1 She slays his loitering steps, she smoothes his blanched and wasted .looks, hliu adjdats his cushioned oliuir, and in her leisure hours amuses his wandering mind with hooks or papers, or her own verslon'af spme intorrsdng topic. She bears his (idle humors without parading her pity for his weakness,’ atfd Is untiling In her. thousand offices of • O what wore ago without ln her true sphere—the Home 7 Not woman abroad, bngn. ged In (he labor of business; nut woman engrossed In the public affairs,canvassing Elections, bolding courts, making laws, or buying and selling goods ou change or.elsewhere) but woman, shut away froth the clamor of the world, al the bleah anil social fireside—prvsid. Ing over the .well ordered household—cherishing with plods cure the chilled and ofted frame wlili (he soli* I cluido oftrtio affeclionjsupply ing the unullered wants of revered charge, end by (lor presence and gentle voice pouting light aWd melody (nto tlmdoll senseof| pgo and descropllude i These aro holy privilhges, 1 and their very necessity is one of the most exulted schools of virtue, udap’ted and designed to pre pay (lie diiiighlbr for her vocation and duties as n mother. The undent tale which the Poet Artist has embodied In (ho inimitable stanzas that describe the fair, fresh daughter; feturning to her sire from her own bfcttsl, the life he gave, is one of the loveliest pictures on which (ho heart can dwell. Evon If u fable, It illustrates with louoliingstrenglh and beauty a daughter's love*, • ■ - • • j , ' , Tub Paintrr,— Dow, Jr. in one of his sermons dlsooursos us follows:—“Tho printer is inn very dis agreeable situation; hia money is scattered every* where, end ho hardly knows where to look for ll. Ilia paper, his ink,,his type,’his Journeyman’s tabor, his living must be punctually paid fur. You, Mr. 7—, and Mr. —, and a hundred olhors I could name, hove taken his p ipor, and you your dill droii, and your neiglibuis have been Instructed and amused by it. If you miss one paper, you think I very hard of the printer—you would rather go with-1 out your best meal than to bo deprived of your nows* paper. . Have, you complied with tho terms of your | subscription 7 Have you' taken as much ptlns to furnish (he printer with his money as he has to fur dish you with his paper? Have you paid him for . Ills hand work, his head work 7 If you ha«o not,go and pay him.off." Suiomi or A Muudbrbr.— «We lertrn from the GtlUsbnrg Stan ihitt Ffedrlck Smith,,who wiis convicted during thu August term of tho murder of.. Fredrick Foster, was sentenced bn tho ttfitli ull. to bn lumped. dn thdSTth he committed su» ir.ido.in his bid), having'made a rope from a pari of his bed by which lie had suspeded himself from a bar running across the top of the cell; He had requested to ho’left alone.during thedayj and had probably dead several hours wh(»n found Vile held previously matin ,a full confess ion of the.murder of which lie had been covicted. A needle swallowed 4 years ago by a young man, In Boston,, wks recently extracted from [between bl« left ribs, 06n’t it; ' ; AT |2 00 PEE AHNIJII,- . . TUB FAITHFUL DOG. '• A Btotf of m Dulßg l)n^f[lßr^«i By Übcle toit. ' ■ • -r (J.; The Messrs. Hubert kept a very extensive blrjr eslabllsHmeht in one bf o&r large cities, and tor the better security of their store against flrer and other casualilios, (hey employed.one of their clerks to sleep in it at night. The idea of; their store's being attacked, by. robbers was notfor.jt,. moment entertained, but it was for olfibr objects, such as security against fire, and the like; 4hat young Boring, the clerk, slept ilifete, for heVas not supplied with any weapons to repr) an attack of theives. But one dark; dreary night he was . awakened by a singular noifee which, resembled , that which a party.of.burglars might produce in; an.attempt to enter the bbildihg; ahd looking’ toward the back windows, he soon satisfied him-;; self thfil one of more persons were endeavoting asquiel as possible, to effect an entrance at that quarter.; They had-eiready removed part of iHfc.' sash anil shutters, with their cunningly devised * insituniknis; and must have been at work soihe?; tlme before he was awakened; I ' Now young Lorlng regretted that.he had no 1 Weapon, but thro 1 not leaf, that was not a charac teristic of the young gentleman, hut that he might paper the rogues a little. At first he Was deter- • (mined to cry out and arouse the waich, bui aa' they had advanced so far before he. was awake,, he .thought he Would drive (hem. off .by.stratagem;. He slipped on his clothes quietly, ond apptaach-|' Ing the spot where the theives were busy, heTsaw;, the hand of one of (hem passed InSlde of'the shiftier into ‘ the titore,’ in its owner's endeavors/to guide'* a dmall hand-saw with which he was cutting a small aperture fo? his body lo pass through. . Voting Boring attempted to chop off the hand with a small hatchet that lay hard by, but he re frained.and bethought himself bf a powerful preparation of a caustic vitriol and other penet}f-’ ling stuffs that, were used in the testing of. the purity of silver and other metals. One drop of : this would eat instantly into the flesh and produce a poisonous sore in ten minutes time. He cau- V liously dropped a iiltlo upon the burglars hand,* and awaited the result; “ Bill,” st length exclafnpqd the burglar to his Comrade ‘M've cbtacursed burning on the back . of my hand. It's.so sore I can hardly worlcthlsfl saw,* Phew! how It smarts I 1 guess I've cot if with the saw. Hold the dark lantern here.” > ‘•Fudge! 1 / replied, his companion, “change 4 hands then, but don't stop.” 1 ♦•Take the saw yourself then! 1 canVBlandi> this pain!” And while the discotnfUled burglar, withdrew lb groan over the supposed.cut, the other took his place with the saw, and in a moment .after' re ceived a few drops of the fiery liquid upon the back of his hand, and was soon groaning with agony., . , “Curse this saw it has out me tool” groaned tho Second thief. Am) after sundry oaths mutually exbhahjred, until tho first and worst attack! of path was over; they renewed tho attempt to moke an entrance. Ttie. cietk, permitted litem to go op. a while un imer upledly, knowing Ahat,at any moment W. could stop their ‘eUortsny crying but,’but'.ha** hoped to hear some watchman front of the store upon whom he coulq call to secure Ihe rogues, and lie resolved 16 Wait fur. this .until it- Wi uld do. to waft no longer. But soon the. bur glars had so mtfch enlarged the hole that they, would shortly b'6 able'to enter it by themselves; ■ Seeing that he must do something to slop them,, the clerk crept |n ;he dark, close.at one side of the window, and uttered.a lo'iv but fierce grow/tri imitation bf a dog, Bpth of lh6 rouges stepped’ back at this unexpected interruption. “ Hdng it Bill there's a cursed dog in T did'nt know that the Hubert's kept 6ne,” sahf ’ one to the other. “A dogl that's bad. .Curse ’em* If it was a man, why a shot bf 6 ditit stroke would fixhlm; but a dog's quite another thing, for if we shot hinl he'd.be sure to half kill one of us!” “*Bow, wow, wow,” cried the clerk; with all his powef as ho saw them prepare to resume theif work. . . . “ i ’onfound the dog !*' exclaimed both; . “ Never mind ; go ahead, Bill, and gel it open., now. I’ll flxhlm when as get in,” , The burglar, addressed as Bill, thrust his hamf irionce more to wrench off the last piece wood [that obstructed their, entrance; When the clerk; having already himself .with si large pair of pincers, seised the robber's hand da though iri a vine, and sal Up such an outrageous barking that the tyhoie neighborhood was alarmed; “For hdavend sake, dafek, lend us a hand hers, this cursed nnfrnal Is biting my hand off!”.said ihe inirglaf to his confederate; •fpufi it it away quick,” f»I canU.” “Give It a jfcfkl 4 * said ibb bth’ef: . . “ O-o-o! 1 can'ti murder, murder I” . jt : This dry, added fo ihe hellowlngs of .the eupS posed dog,'soon bfohgnt the wmbh in good earnest and the theif, who. was At liberty to do so. ran for tyisUfe; The watchman's ligts'sKowed BID Hiked i Hal he had been 6il/en hy a pair of pinchera» *# This is a fdoi, aHd ln.piew York city during the Winter of 1641; and Dill Sikes served. out his imprisonment at Blackwell's Island; . ‘‘--l Flag if our Untqri A iBOALANEOd6tE. • fiecently, while aitending a court held at H—■ r county, where Judge S. presided, a very plain I question was presented for the decision, of the i court. It was argued elaborately on the wrong ’ side, and when the opposite attorney (a real. Pad dy, who had waded through Dlaokstone and Chilly, so as to enable hi pi to obtain a license,) 1 rose to reply, ho was stopped by -his honor, who informed him that his opinion was m'ode tip against him, ihtft he would have no further argument.—*, Paddy /aid hf* hafrd slowly hpon a volume of BiaobetohVra'iid opWiotf whbrfc (he leaf was care fully turned down,.ahd feomminced reading the law.directly In oudict with tho opinion of th£ 00 " rt; .. -• ; ,ri j■' : “Stop, sir,” 6rron (he Judge, “1 have decided the case, and my jnilrid Is no Inhger open tn con viHlotiJ nb’r will I have any further argument lit thoC’filse. . “Oh/* said the lawyer, “t did not Intend 16 aftfu'o (he poln(, nor did 1 expeoito convince honor—l only wanted io ehow the court What 6 blasted fool old Btpekelone was.” Such a fthptii of laughter ns went np from ev ery part of the court-house, was beyond the meand of. the eherltf or the court to control for Bomo iuln utee, when Paddy was fined a dollar for slab* der of BluckeioheJ and ihs court then adjourned tu.llriupr. ■ g, ‘ " Alnt you Kfrnld ][o« will break wfiilfe felling i 0| t( i#M a chiip tu(he pit,of a oircue, to the clown.. . * “Why *o?" aaked the Utter; . , “ tUcuuao you are a tumbler," rejoined the werf. The clown fainted. M “Lonk ych, Pete, duz you know why yoar atn like a.elcuipboal7 1 * . ' . “ Well Surifeh'lfrleoiar/* , ! v * i .“Why yoo lnneri\'t ole ohiloj ivli beoaae Itoafrlvf deokpaironfore, \- : i >-.i* ; t ■MO. 18. i-r ■m.
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